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Joel L. Howton (Hopkins Co., KY, farmer)

b. 1828?

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Chiny Howton. Father of Zerelda Howton, Elizabeth Howton, James Howton, and Joel L. Howton Jr. Married to Rebecca Beshear Howton in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on September 14, 1865. Father of Nancy C. Howton and Thomas Howton. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1850. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 71A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 692.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Hills Precinct, p. 303A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #001929335, p. 11 (accessed via ancestry.com).

Citation

Howton, Joel L.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212841 (November 12, 2026).

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